Museum number:

APM 12.702

Subcollection:

opium pipes

Title:

opium pipe bowl

Keyword:

opium damper, pumpkin shape

Description:

Opium pipe bowl or damper made of porcelain with round, convex pumpkin bowl, a small funnel shaped chauldron on the top, on a brass holder with short brass stem. Mould seam horizontally over the middle of the bowl. Painting in under glaze blue of imaginary characters and around the bowl opening a circular field with whole and half flower motifs in saving technique.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1900


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight2.4 in (6.1 cm)
Diameter2.4 in (6.1 cm)
BowlHeight1.89 in (4.8 cm)
Width2.4 in (6.1 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape pumpkin shape
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialsbrass (metal)
Finish glazuur, blauw
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 1991
Provenance Parijs, Vernaison, marché aux puces
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1991
Literature
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 75, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 75, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, De attributen van de opiumschuiver. Amsterdam, 1997. afb 13. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 171, afb 168. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken op z'n Chinees", 7 november - 24 december 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013.

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